Another thing you guys (and gals) should do while waiting for the BA/MD supplemental to come out is put your CV activities (both your school activities and your healthcare experiences) in this type of format below. This is going by last year’s application format: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/18737719/#Comment_18737719. This is so that when the application does come out, you only have to cut and paste into the application.
Open up a new file and save under Notepad (all PCs have the program Notepad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Notepad), I’m sure Macs have something similar to that program, so that the text that is typed is not formatted (no official font, plain text) and so won’t mess up when you cut and paste from Notepad into the online supplemental application. In last year’s application, you were limited to 10 activities for each section, which I’m sure will be the case this year.
High School/College Activities and Leadership - according to last year’s application, it says, “estimated total hours devoted to activity” below, but in the paragraph above it, it says, “hours per week you devoted to the activity”, so for right now, I would type both numbers and then clarify with the UMKC Med admissions office which number they want - hours per week or total hours, if it hasn’t been corrected on this year’s supplemental application which should come out soon.
Do this format for each activity in this section:
Name of activity (please do not use acronyms):
Leadership Position Held:
Estimated total hours devoted to activity (if applicable):
Start Date:
End Date:
Description of activity/organization and your specific involvement with the activity/organization (200 word count limit):
Health Experiences - according to last year’s application, it says, “estimated total hours devoted to activity” below, but in the paragraph above it, it says, “hours per week you devoted to the activity”, so for right now, I would type both numbers and then clarify with the UMKC Med admissions office which number they want - hours per week or total hours. Hopefully this will also be corrected on this year’s supplemental application.
Do this format for each activity in this section:
Name of activity (please do not use acronyms):
Type of activity: Choose 1 option from the 7 options (School related, Work experience, Structured/Formal program, Other health experience, Volunteer experience, Shadowing, Research)
Estimated total hours devoted to activity (if applicable):
Start Date:
End Date:
Description of activity/organization and your specific involvement with the activity/organization (500 word count limit):